Cross Platform Threads

/*******************************************************************************
** FILE:			XPThreads.h

** DESCRIPTION: 	C++ wrapper on threads
					X-Platform Threads Class. Tested on Mac and Windows, should 
					with other flavors of unix..

** AUTHOR:			Amit Gupta

** CREATED:			07-OCT-2006
********************************************************************************/
#ifndef _XPThreads_H_
#define _XPThreads_H_


#if _WINDOWS
	#include <windows.h>

	typedef unsigned long (*ThreadProc)( void* param );
	typedef DWORD XPThreadId;

#elif __MACH__
	#include "pthread.h"

	typedef pthread_t XPThreadId;
	typedef void* (*ThreadProc)( void* param );

#endif

/*********************************************************************************
** CLASS:			XPThreads

** DESCRIPTION:		
**********************************************************************************/
class XPThreads
{
	private:
		
		XPThreadId		m_Threadid;
		ThreadProc		m_Callback;

#if _WINDOWS
		long			m_nTimeout;
		HANDLE			m_ptrThread;
#endif
	
/******************************************************************************
** FUNCTION:	Stop
*******************************************************************************/
			void Stop();			

	public:

/******************************************************************************
** FUNCTION:	Constructor & Destructor
*******************************************************************************/
			XPThreads(ThreadProc ptrCallback = NULL, long nTimeout = 3000);
			virtual ~XPThreads() throw();

/******************************************************************************
** FUNCTION:	SetThreadProc
*******************************************************************************/
			void SetThreadProc(ThreadProc ptrCallback); 

/******************************************************************************
** FUNCTION:	GetThreadId
*******************************************************************************/
			XPThreadId GetThreadId() 
			{ 
				return m_Threadid; 
			}

/******************************************************************************
** FUNCTION:	Run
*******************************************************************************/
			bool Run();

/******************************************************************************
** FUNCTION:	IsThreadCreated
*******************************************************************************/
			bool IsThreadCreated();
};



#endif